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Forces Kill 60 Enemy Fighters in 3-day Operation

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2011  Combined forces wrapped up a three-day operation in the Qiasar district of Afghanistan’s Faryab province yesterday, killing more than 60 insurgents, military officials reported.

Troops launched the operation based on reports from local residents of insurgent activity in the area. Forces also found and destroyed 23 motorcycles, several rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and numerous assault rifles with ammunition, officials said.

In other news yesterday throughout Afghanistan:

-- Security forces killed two armed insurgents who launched an attack of small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire on a coalition helicopter.

-- Security forces found several weapons stockpiles and drugs in southern Afghanistan. Operations resulted in seizure of 7,165 pounds of ammonium nitrate – a banned fertilizer used to make explosive devices, 154 pounds of wet opium, three rocket-propelled grenades, an artillery round and a grenade.